Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
Freddie Roach is widely considered one of the greatest boxing trainers in history. He’s won the Trainer of the Year award an unprecedented 7 times, worked with 27 world champions, and completely revolutionized how boxers prepare for a fight. Before he attained this level of success, he was a professional boxer – with an OK…
Discovering peace on the razor’s edge of fear. Viktor Frankl, the Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor, said, “What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the…
I was a personal trainer in my early twenties. I would travel to my client’s homes, either bringing the gym to them or utilizing their home gym. I made great money and met some incredible individuals. The work had meaning, purpose, and a deep sense of fulfillment. I loved it. One of my clients lived…
In the 1st half of my life, I looked to the world for clues on how to live. I looked to family, friends, neighbors, strangers – really anything in my purview. Some of the clues were blatantly obvious: ✔️ Get a good job at a good, solid company.✔️ Work your ass off, and climb the…
Fulfilling unfulfilled dreams is a leap of faith. Creating something from nothing is insane. Whether it be a book of poetry, a sculpture, a new business, or finally breathing life into the screenplay that’s been burning a hole in your brain, it’s crazy. You have to leave the comfort of certainty and leap head-first into…
For most of my life, I’ve lived a story, stories, really. It’s not just one. Lots of us do this. I didn’t realize they were stories; they felt like indelible truths, reinforced by how I live, react, and show up. A self-fulfilling prophecy of confirmation bias continues the cycle. These “indelible” truths are the puppet…